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Rocker Engine

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NickG:
Nice, I definitely want to make one!

RE: losing small bits, when I was at my dads a few months back looking for something, in a box there were several piston rods from my first ever steam engine ... an oscillator with 1/8" bore and about 3/8" stroke that was featured in Model Engineer. He said he found them down the back of the lathe when we moved it! Some of them were just ones where i'd made mistakes but some were lost .. never to be seen again!

Nick

foozer:
While most have completed their 'Rocker' I'm still chugging away, ignoring all other items that need attention. OK I did get the tranny back into the car, still sitting on stands tho :)

Where am I? OH the piston. Turned it down and figured I'd better get that little hole drilled before I have a piece I cant handle. Another way around the fence. Took a piece of AL same dia as the piston stock, drilled a 0.0125 hole into one end. Measured in 0.517 and marked.



Slipped the piston rod into this and mounted into my little hole drilling jig.



Worked. Hole looks right so now to remove the rest till just the piston/rod remains.



Robert

Slow, yup  Fun, YUP

NickG:
Good progress there Robert, like some of your work holding methods, you definitely make the most out of your lathe.  :thumbup:

Bernd:
Robert,

Nice work. That fixtureing was a neat idea.

Bernd

sbwhart:
Robert

Real nice work as I've said you've got a real gift with the vertical slide  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Stew

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